Hello Sew Cute-ers! I’ve had a wonderful week of getting to know my new sewing machine! Oh I am so in love! Having a needle down function, and a thread cutter, and a knee lift… *swoon* I’m yet to decide on a name, but I’m thinking it’s a she… A She-Beast, that’s for sure! She’s been put straight to work already, on a magazine quilt. Getting thrown right in the deep end! I’ve also had a lot of fun taking over 52 Quilters! Here’s just a snippet of what I got up to on their Instagram – @52quilters!
Maryse’s AMH Dresden quilt is to die for!
Talking of circles, Melissa finished her Steam Punk quilt for a very special person.
And how can you go wrong with Denyse Schmidt and Modern Maples?!
Each 1st Tuesday of the month, it’s a bonus linky where I provide a theme and you can link up a bonus post! This month we’re all about your oldest WIP aka work-in-progress. Maybe that’s just a quilt top sitting around waiting to be basted and finished off, or perhaps it’s a quilt top still in progress! For me, I only just recently topped a pile HST sampler quilt blocks that have been sitting around since I started it in January 2012. You can see how early that was in my quilting journey by how wavy and odd-sized the blocks were when I was trying to sash it! It’s now been sent back to Australia in a space bag of other assorted WIPs and blocks, ready for me to… do something with it!
Ok guys, time to link up one of your posts from this week! It could be a finished quilt, or your latest quilting bee blocks, or a cushion, or anything else quilty related. And did you know you can link directly to an Instagram pic too?! So if you want to link from there, you can do that too – link up as normal, and use #sewcutetuesday and @blossomheartquilts on IG to help us find you from there too.
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Jodie says
I hear people talk about needle down functions, but I don’t understand! Why is that good? I’ve always thought that if I had a function like that I’d want the opposite – to end needle up (just as it’s starting to come down so the needle doesn’t unthread when you start the next piece, which is where I always try to stop). Doesn’t it mean you have to raise the needle every time you finish? What am I missing?!
Alyce says
Oh Jodie, Jodie, Jodie, you don’t know what you’re missing! 😉 Needle down is awesome for when you’re piecing, so that if you need to stop to realign the pieces as you’re going, nothing shifts. Ditto for when FMQing! If you’re chain piecing, you just keep feeding pieces in under the feet as normal and it feeds through normally. I also have a thread cutter, which cuts the thread and lifts the needle at the same time, so that’s not an issue there. And the knee lift works with it all fine too, so I have the needle down but need to lift the foot a little to feed in a thicker start of the seam? Just a little pressure with my knee while my hands control the fabric.
katie yoakum says
Had to link up this week — my medallion was my oldest WIP (Aug 2014 — when the top was completed) but I finally got it photographed last week.
Jayne says
I think you can compared getting a new sewing machine to buying a new car or house! It’s such a thrill! Needle down and a thread cutter…heaven!
Emily says
I dream of having a machine with a needle down feature!! My mother in law has one with a knee lift arm, auto thread cutter and needle down and I just love sewing on it! Thanks for the feature! What and exciting thing to see this morning!
Maryse says
It’s always nice to see one of my quilts featured here, thanks Alyce!! Love the needle down function on my sewing machine!
Nanette says
Love your work,